Organisation
CRC for Low Carbon Living
Report
Lower income barriers to low carbon living: summary of focus group and survey findings
The research reported in this summary of findings identifies the financial and non-financial barriers that prevent lower income households from reducing their carbon consumption.This research is designed as a follow-up to the data mining exercise (CRC-LCL RP3001) conducted by Burke and Ralston. In their report, Burke and Ralston (2015) identified rising fuel costs as a...
Conference paper
Cooling cities with green space: a policy analysis framework
This paper provides an overview of the urban heat island effect, and urban greenery’s role in its mitigation.
Conference paper
Socio-environmental impacts of heat stress in public spaces of Australian cities: spatial heat resilience and its application in low carbon cities
Urban spaces are experiencing warmer microclimates as the combined result of climate change and the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. While climate change projections indicate a likely increase of 2°C in Australia by 2070, an additional heat load of 10°C exists in the built environment. The question is how and to what extent contemporary public...
Presentation
Student Forum 2015 - Experiential learning and the Solar Decathlon
Student Forum 2015 - Experiential learning and the Solar Decathlon, Professor Nicole Woolsey Biggart, Research Professor and Dean Emerita of Management, University of California Davis
Presentation
Student Forum 2015 - Innovation sandpit
Student Forum 2015 - Innovation sandpit, Dr Steve Brodie, UNSW Innovations Open Innovation Manager